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ʻO nā fibroids o ka ʻōpū nā ulu ʻaʻole ʻaʻai e ulu ana i loko a i ʻole a puni kou ʻōpū. He mau ʻōpū maʻamau kēia i hana ʻia i nā ʻiʻo a me nā pūnaewele, a hoʻopilikia lākou i kahi 80% o nā wāhine ma mua o 50 mau makahiki.
E noʻonoʻo i nā fibroids e like me nā ʻāpana maikaʻi ʻole e hiki ke loli nui i ka nui a me ka wahi. ʻOiai ke kani ʻino paha ka huaʻōlelo “ʻōpū,” ʻaʻole pinepine nā fibroids i ka maʻi kanesa, a nui nā wāhine e noho pū me lākou me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana aia lākou.
ʻO nā fibroids o ka ʻōpū nā ʻōpū o nā ʻiʻo palupalu e ulu mai ka paia o kou ʻōpū. Kāhea ʻia nō hoʻi lākou ʻo leiomyomas a i ʻole myomas e nā kauka, akā ʻo kēia mau huaʻōlelo a pau e wehewehe i ka mea hoʻokahi.
Hiki i kēia mau ulu ke liʻiliʻi e like me ka hua a i ʻole e nui e like me ka meliona. Loaʻa i kekahi mau wāhine hoʻokahi fibroid wale nō, ʻoiai he nui kekahi mau mea. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo nā fibroids he benign, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino e like me ka maʻi kanesa.
Hiki i nā fibroids ke ulu i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kou ʻōpū. Hiki iā lākou ke ulu i loko o ka paia o ka ʻōpū, ma ka ʻili waho, a i ʻole e kau mai ka ʻōpū ma kahi ʻano lāʻau.
Hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i nā fibroids ma muli o kahi e ulu ai lākou i loko o kou ʻōpū. Hoʻopili ka wahi i nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai a pehea lākou e mālama ʻia ai.
Eia nā ʻano nui āu e ʻike ai:
Hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻano ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona like ʻole, kahi e kōkua ai i kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kūikawā.
Nui nā wāhine me nā fibroids ʻaʻole ʻike i kekahi hōʻailona. Eia naʻe, i ka wā e loaʻa ai nā hōʻailona, pili pinepine lākou i ka nui a me ka wahi o nā fibroids.
E hele kākou i nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomanaʻo ana ʻokoʻa kou ʻike mai ka ʻike o kekahi wahine ʻē aʻe:
Hiki i nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi ke komo pū me ka ʻeha i ka wā moe a i ʻole ka ʻōpū nui e hoʻolilo iā ʻoe e like me ka hāpai keiki. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, pono ke kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei o nā fibroids o ka ʻōpū, akā manaʻo nā mea noiʻi he kuleana nui nā hormones a me nā genetics. Me he mea lā e hoʻoulu ana nā pae estrogen a me progesterone o kou kino i ka ulu ʻana o nā fibroids.
Nui nā mea e komo ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā fibroids:
Ke aʻo nei nā mea noiʻi i ke kumu e loaʻa ai i kekahi mau wāhine nā fibroids ʻoiai ʻaʻole loaʻa i nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai, he mea maʻamau loa nā fibroids a ʻaʻohe mea āu i hana a i ʻole i hana ʻole ai i hoʻoulu ai iā lākou.
ʻO kekahi mau mea e hoʻonui ai i kou manawa e loaʻa ai nā fibroids, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilikia e loaʻa iā ʻoe lākou. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea ke kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ʻike pono e pili ana i kou olakino.
Eia nā pilikia nui i ʻike ʻia e nā mea mālama ola:
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia, me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā keiki, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā papa hana hānau, a me ka ʻai ʻana i nā huahana waiū. E hoʻomanaʻo, he mau pilina helu wale kēia, a ʻokoʻa ka ʻike o kēlā me kēia wahine.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona e hoʻopilikia ana i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole e hopohopo iā ʻoe. Mai kali i nā hōʻailona e lilo i mea koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua.
Eia nā kūlana kūikawā āu e hoʻonohonoho ai i kahi hālāwai:
E ʻimi i ka mālama ola koke inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha o ka pelvis koke a koʻikoʻi a i ʻole kahe koko nui e hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i nāwaliwali a i ʻole dizziness. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻailona o nā pilikia e pono ai ka mālama koke.
ʻAʻole hoʻoulu ka hapa nui o nā fibroids i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, akā he mea nui e ʻike i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa. Hiki i ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ʻana ke pale aku i ka nui o nā pilikia mai ka lilo ʻana i mea koʻikoʻi.
Eia nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole lākou:
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i kahi fibroid ke hoʻololi i ka maʻi kanesa, akā hana ʻia kēia i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1% o nā hihia. E nānā kāu kauka i kou mau fibroids i ka wā o nā nānā maʻamau e hopu i nā loli mua.
E hoʻomaka kāu kauka me kahi nānā pelvis e nānā i nā mea kūpono ʻole i kou ʻōpū. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā wahi nui a i ʻole nā ʻano kūpono ʻole e hōʻike ana aia nā fibroids.
Hiki i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua kiʻi ke hōʻoia i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i kou mau fibroids:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua koko e nānā i ka anemia inā ʻike ʻoe i kahe koko nui. Kōkua kēia mau hoʻokolohua e hana i kahi kiʻi piha o ke ʻano o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana o nā fibroids i kou olakino.
Pili ka mālama ʻana no nā fibroids i kou mau hōʻailona, ka nui a me ka wahi o kou mau fibroids, a me kou mau hoʻolālā hāpai keiki i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Nui nā wāhine me nā fibroids liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole hōʻailona, ʻaʻole pono i kekahi mālama.
E ʻimi kākou i nā koho mālama āu e hāʻawi ai kāu kauka:
E hana pū kāu mea mālama ola me ʻoe e koho i ka mālama maikaʻi loa ma muli o kou kūlana pilikino a me nā makemake.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki i nā lāʻau home ke hoʻōla i nā fibroids, hiki i kekahi mau loli nohona a me nā hana mālama ponoʻī ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i nā hōʻailona a me ka ʻoluʻolu hou aku. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau ala me ka mālama lapaʻau.
Eia nā ala āu e kākoʻo ai i kou olakino ma ka home:
Hiki i nā mea hoʻoemi ʻeha ma luna o ka counter e like me ka ibuprofen ke kōkua i ka ʻeha a hiki ke hoʻemi iki i ka kahe koko nui. Eia naʻe, e nīnau mau i kāu kauka ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i nā mea hoʻohui hou a i ʻole ka hana ʻana i nā loli ʻai nui.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana nui i kou manawa me kāu mea mālama ola. Hōʻoia ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pane a pau i kāu mau nīnau a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
Eia pehea e mākaukau ai no kāu kipa:
Mai kānalua e noi i kāu kauka e wehewehe i nā mea āu ʻaʻole i maopopo. Makemake kāu mea mālama ola e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo ʻike e pili ana i kou mālama.
ʻAʻohe ala hōʻoia e pale aku ai i nā fibroids o ka ʻōpū ʻoiai ʻaʻole mākou i maopopo loa i ke kumu o lākou. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau koho nohona ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia a i ʻole ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i ko lākou ulu ʻana.
Eia nā hoʻolālā e pono paha:
E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i nā wāhine e ola ana i nā ola olakino ke loaʻa i nā fibroids. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe lākou, ʻaʻole ia ma muli o kāu hana hewa, a loaʻa nā mālama maikaʻi e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu hou aku.
He mea maʻamau loa nā fibroids o ka ʻōpū a hiki ke mālama ʻia. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ʻaʻole pinepine lākou i ka weliweli a loaʻa nā koho mālama maikaʻi he nui.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomanawanui wale. Inā hoʻopilikia nā fibroids i kou ola maikaʻi, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka hoʻomaha.
ʻOkoʻa ka ʻike o kēlā me kēia wahine me nā fibroids, no laila ʻaʻole kūpono ka mea e hana ana no kekahi mea ʻē aʻe no ʻoe. E hana pili me kāu hui mālama ola e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā mālama e kūpono i kou mau hōʻailona, nohona, a me nā pahuhopu.
ʻAʻole, nui nā wāhine me nā fibroids me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana. Hōʻike nā noiʻi a hiki i ka 75% o nā wāhine me nā fibroids ʻaʻole ʻike i kekahi hōʻailona. Pinepine ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia nā fibroids liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka wā e loaʻa ai lākou i nā nānā pelvic maʻamau a i ʻole nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi no nā kumu ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole hoʻopili ka hapa nui o nā fibroids i ka hānau keiki, akā hiki i kekahi ke hoʻopaʻakikī i ka hāpai keiki a i ʻole ka hāpai ʻana i kahi hāpai keiki. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā fibroids e hoʻololi i ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū a i ʻole ke kāohi i nā fallopian tubes e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia hānau keiki. Inā ke ho'āʻo nei ʻoe e hāpai keiki, e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka e pili ana i kou mau fibroids.
Pinepine e emi nā fibroids ma hope o ka menopause i ka wā e emi ai nā pae hormone. Eia naʻe, i kou mau makahiki hānau, ʻoi aku ka nui o ko lākou noho ʻana i ka nui like a i ʻole ka ulu ʻana i ka nui. Ke kū ʻole kekahi mau fibroids i ka ulu ʻana a i ʻole ke emi iki, akā ʻaʻole kēia kahi mea āu e hilinaʻi ai e hana.
ʻAʻole pono. ʻOiai pinepine nā fibroids nui e pono ai ka mālama ikaika, hiki i nā koho ʻaʻole ʻoki e like me ka uterine artery embolization ke kūpono. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i ka nui, ka wahi, a me nā hōʻailona i hoʻoulu ʻia e kou mau fibroids i ka wā e hāʻawi ai i nā koho mālama.
He mea maʻamau loa ka lilo ʻana o nā fibroids i maʻi kanesa. Emi iho ma mua o 1% o nā fibroids i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO ke ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa e hiki ke ulu, i kapa ʻia ʻo leiomyosarcoma, ulu pinepine ma ke kūʻokoʻa ma mua o nā fibroids i loaʻa. E nānā kāu kauka i kou mau fibroids i ka wā o nā nānā maʻamau e nānā i nā loli hopohopo.
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